Responsibly Wild Blog

What now seems like a million years ago, three classmates and I made what can only be described as the second best visual aid ever produced ( the best being that dinosaur extinction video I shared ). A little context: In this class there were roughly 25 students and we were split into groups and tasked with giving a presentation to the class about a nonverbal subcode such as touch, physical appearance, body movements, gestures, vocal inflection and finally, space or proxemics. These presentations needed to fill the entire class time, 50 minutes. My group, Corey Orehek, Adam Bosman, and Kyle Gragert and myself had no intention of filling 50 minutes with us blathering on, so we made this video.  About a week before our presentation date, on a rainy afternoon, we ran around campus with a camera getting uncomfortably close to anyone within our line of sight. Ridiculousness and discomfort was had by both the unknowing subjects and group members in front of the camera. Still...

I used to have the well earned reputation as the kid who was always carrying a camera. Starting in about 8th grade or so I fell in love with videotaping all of the shenanigans my friends and I got into. Then in 11th grade I was introduced to the world of "non-linear editing" with programs like Avid, Final Cut Pro and Media 100 and my fate was pretty much sealed. This "Got Pat?" promo, along with its sister video , were the product of my video production education during my short stay in Grand Rapids and helping produce "Central Sights," the morning news announcements at Grand Rapids Central High School. My friend Chris Ostertag is the guy manning the camera here. After getting a well rounded feel for Final Cut I never put my camera down and ridiculousness ensued. Music: Homegrown's "Grow Up" One of my favorite memories of my Grandpa Joe was him telling me I could drive with as many girls in the car as i wanted, it was when you ge...

No it's not a look at Hannah's wedding, it's way better. Enjoy Hannah serenading her new husband, Joel, with Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Women." I've seen Hannah sing more times than i can remember, and in my opinion, this performance is one of her best. Joel's a lucky guy.

Nearly all of my high school friends have tied the knot and this weekend my good friend Hannah joined the crowd. On the 913th day of their courtship Joel Dorn and Hannah Bretz made it official at the Izaak Walton League in Des Moines.  Joel -even though he's a Minnesotan- is a really cool guy; an outdoorsman, an adventurer and funny as heck. In her toast, Hailey, Hannah's sister and matron of honor, spilled the beans on their first date wherein Joel only had a knife, and even after getting a full set of silverware, ate his meal with the knife alone on principle. THAT IS AWESOME. Beyond being a cool couple, I enjoyed their wedding for selfish reasons as they hired me to film it. That's right I'm only person who can relive the wedding two days later because I have it all on tape. I have the whole day on tape, in HD. Over the next couple days I'll cut it up and if you're really nice to me I'll cut a teaser trailer together for those who couldn...